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New page: '''Christoforos Perraivos''' was a Greek member of the Friendly Society and fighter during the Greek War of Independence. Perraivos was born in 1773 in Pano Pourle...

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'''Christoforos Perraivos''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] member of the [[Friendly Society]] and fighter during the Greek [[War of Independence]].

Perraivos was born in [[1773]] in Pano Pourles near [[Mt Olympus]]. His family was originally from Perraivia, [[Thessaly]]. At age 20, he left Greece to study in Bucharest and Vienna. There, he met [[Rigas Feraios]] and became his friend and companion. Together they were arrested in Trieste in [[1797]] but, unlike Feraios, Perraivos was released thanks to the help of the local French consul. Afterwards he left for [[Kerkyra]] and enlisted in the French army. In [[1817]], he became a member of the [[Friendly Society]] (Filiki Eteria) which sought to unite all Greeks in anticipation of a war of independence against the Ottoman Empire.

After the outbreak of the [[War of Independence|war]] in [[1821]], Perraivos served as Minister of War in [[1823]] and General in [[1825]]. He fought in several battles and was with [[Georgios Karaiskakis]] when the latter was killed in a skirmish at [[Neo Faliro]].

After independence Perraivos authored his "Wartime Memoirs". In [[1860]], he also wrote a book about Rigas Feraios - "Rigas the Thessalian". Prior to the war he had written the "History of [[Souli]] and [[Parga]]".

He died on [[May 5]], [[1863]].

[[Category:Greek War of Independence|Perraivos, Christoforos]]
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Irlandos: New page: '''Christoforos Perraivos''' was a Greek member of the Friendly Society and fighter during the Greek War of Independence. Perraivos was born in 1773 in Pano Pourle...